World Economic and Financial Surveys

This series (ISSN 0258-7440) contains biannual, annual, and periodic studies covering monetary and financial issues of importance to the global economy. The core elements of the series are the World Economic Outlook report, usually published in May and October, and the annual report on International Capital Markets. Other studies assess international trade policy, private market and official financing for developing countries, exchange and payments systems, export credit policies, and issues raised in the World Economic Outlook.

World Economic Outlook: A Survey by the Staff of the International Monetary Fund

The World Economic Outlook, published twice a year in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic, presents IMF staff economists’ analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term. Chapters give an overview of the world economy; consider issues affecting industrial countries, developing countries, and economies in transition to the market; and address topics of pressing current interest.

by an IMF Staff Team led by Morris Goldstein and David Folkerts-Landau

This annual report reviews developments in international capital markets, including recent bond market turbulence and the role of hedge funds, supervision of banks and nonbanks and the regulation of derivatives, structural changes in government securities markets, recent developments in private market financing for developing countries, and the role of capital markets in financing Chinese enterprises.

1993. Part II: Systemic Issues in International Finance, by an IMF Staff Team led by Morris Goldstein and David Folkerts-Landau.

ISBN 1-55775-335-0. Stock #WEO-1293.

Staff Studies for the World Economic Outlook

by the IMF’s Research Department

These studies, supporting analyses and scenarios of the World Economic Outlook, provide a detailed examination of theory and evidence on major issues currently affecting the global economy.

$20.00 (academic rate: $12.00; paper).

1993. ISBN 1-55775-337-7. Stock #WEO-393.

Developments in International Exchange and Payments Systems

by a Staff Team from the IMF’s Exchange and Trade Relations Department

The global trend toward liberalization in countries’ international payments and transfer systems has been most dramatic in central and Eastern Europe. But developing countries in general have brought their exchange systems more in line with market principles and moved toward more flexible exchange rate arrangements, while industrial countries have moved toward more pegged arrangements.

$20.00 (academic rate: $12.00; paper).

1992. ISBN 1-55775-233-8. Stock #WEO-892.

Private Market Financing for Developing Countries

by a Staff Team from the IMF’s Policy Development and Review Department

This study surveys recent trends in private market financing for developing countries, including flows to developing countries through banking and securities markets; the restoration of access to voluntary market financing for some developing countries; and the status of commercial bank debt in low-income countries.

$20.00 (academic rate: $12.00; paper).

1995. ISBN 1-55775-456-X. Stock #WEO-995.

1993. ISBN 1-55775-361-X. Stock #WEO-993.

International Trade Policies

by a Staff Team led by Naheed Kirmani

The study reviews major issues and developments in trade and their implications for the work of the IMF. Volume I, The Uruguay Round and Beyond: Principal Issues, gives and overview of the principal issues and developments in the world trading system. Volume II, The Uruguay Round and Beyond: Background Papers, presents detailed background papers on selected trade and trade-related issues. This study updates previous studies published under the title Issues and Developments in International Trade Policy.

$20.00 (academic rate: $12.00; paper).

1994. Volume I. The Uruguay Round and Beyond: Principal Issues

ISBN 1-55775-469-1. Stock #WEO-1094.

1994. Volume II. The Uruguay Round and Beyond: Background Papers

ISBN 1-55775-457-8. Stock #WEO-1494.

1992. ISBN 1-55775-311-1. Stock #WEO-1092.

Official Financing for Developing Countries

by a Staff Team from the IMF’s Policy Development and Review Department led by Michael Kuhn

This study provides information on official financing for developing countries, with the focus on low- and lower-middle-income countries. It updates and replaces Multilateral Official Debt Rescheduling: Recent Experience and reviews developments in direct financing by official and multilateral sources.